For approved applications for funding commencing in 2020, the following Personnel Support Packages will be used.

Table: Personnel Support Packages for funding commencing 2020
Personnel Support Package* $ per annum
* An annual indexation may be applied to the Personnel Support Packages.
PSP1 – Technical support – non-graduate personnel
Note
A PSP1 at 50% may be claimed for postgraduate students supported on NHMRC research grants
56,772
PSP2 – Junior graduate research assistant; or junior graduate nurse, midwife or allied health professional; or junior data manager/ data analyst 70,890
PSP3 – Experienced graduate research assistant/ junior postdoctoral research officer; or experienced graduate nurse, midwife or allied health professional; or experienced data manager/ analyst 77,950
PSP4 – Experienced postdoctoral researcher (that is, a researcher who may be considered as a named investigator on the research application and/or approaching the NHMRC CDF scheme or equivalent), or clinician without specialist qualifications 92,070
PSP5 – Senior experienced postdoctoral researcher (that is, a researcher who would normally be considered as a named investigator on the research application and is more than 10yrs post-doctoral and/or would be expected to have applied for or held an NHMRC CDF (formerly CDA) or equivalent) 99,129